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farmers, highlighting that Bt cotton contributes to poverty reduction and rural development. …
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Shaheen Akter and John Farrington..."What makes exit from poverty .... …
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This paper analyzes the household level impact of an increase in price of major tradable staple foods in a cross section of developing countries, using nationally representative household surveys. We find that, in the short term, poorer households and households with limited asset endowments and...
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producing jatropha feedstock for biodiesel. Under all scenarios, biofuels investments accelerate GDP growth and reduce poverty … are drawn away from food production. A skills-shortage amongst female workers also limits poverty reduction. Policy …
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has made in accelerating agricultural growth and poverty reduction. To examine how agriculture and the rural poor may be … of poverty reduction, food security and climate change adaptation. …
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Poverty, being persistent and widespread, still remains core issue to be researched in Nepal. Moreover, there lacks … study on dynamic aspects of poverty at the household level. Therefore, this study intends to capture the dynamics of poverty … in poverty stricken Far-Western Rural Hill district of Baitadi based on panel data collected through field survey in 2001 …
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This article investigates the impact of nonfarm employment on farm household income and way out of poverty, using farm …
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-agricultural income in the reduction of poverty. …
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Previous studies commonly assume that the effects of introducing and ending cereal price subsidies on the poor’s nutrient intakes are symmetric. We question the assumption of symmetry and show that the poor’s nutrient intakes respond asymmetrically to declines and increases in the price of...
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This study examines the relationship between agricultural technology adoption and poverty with a focus on New Rice … there is a scope for reducing poverty through the accelerated adoption of NERICA varieties by farmers. …
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